Another Kolkata Rape Case: Law Student Allegedly Gang-Raped In College Premises; 3 Arrested

Nearly a year after the brutal rape case of Kolkata medic in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital shocked the nation and called for safety of women in the state, another case reappears. Kolkata police confirmed on Friday that a college student was allegedly raped by her two seniors and a former student of the educational institute.

The police has arrested three men in connection to the case.

Union minister and BJP's West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar claimed that the alleged gang rape in a law college in Kolkata shows that female students are "not safe" in educational institutes in the state.

Kolkata College Gangrape Case

According to PTI, the incident took place on the evening of June 25, when the woman went to the college and was taken by the three accused to a room inside the educational institute and gang-raped.

An officer told the news agency, "The student lodged a complaint with the Kasba Police Station, and the three accused were held on Thursday. As of now, the matter is at an initial stage."

He also informed that the medical tests of the woman are being conducted.

The accused will be produced before a court on Friday, he added.

As per reports the incident took place inside South Calcutta Law College campus.

According to India Today report, one of the accused, who is the former student of the college, happens to be a current student wing leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress.

The FIR based on the victim's complaint has named Monojit Mishra, 31, the former student and TMC youth leader as main accused and the other accused have been identified as Zaib Ahmed, 19, a first-year student, and 20-year-old Pramit Mukherjee, another student, as reported by India Today.

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BJP Leaders Attack Ruling TMC In Bengal

 Union minister and BJP's West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar noted that the incident comes after the rape-murder of a doctor in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year, an incident that triggered protests across the country.

Majumdar, the union minister of state for education, alleged that the law and order situation in West Bengal is "in shambles" even though Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee takes care of the police (Home) department.

After the rape-murder of an on-duty doctor in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year, the alleged incident of gang rape of a student took place in a law college in Kolkata, and this only goes on to prove that "female students are not safe in educational institutions" in the state, the BJP leader said.

"After the rape-murder of a doctor in a top medical college like R G Kar hospital, now a gang rape incident in a law college in the city has come up," he said.

Majumdar also referred to the killing of a girl in a bomb explosion recently during a TMC victory rally taken out before the results of the Kaliganj assembly bypoll were announced.

Condemning the alleged gang rape of a student in a law college in Kolkata, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said that a huge protest will be organised in connection with the crime.

"Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has no right to stay put in her chair. She should resign," he said.

Adhikari alleged that senior officers of Kolkata Police have been in Digha, where the chief minister is participating in the Rath Yatra from the newly inaugurated Jagannath temple.